Experiencing a Blip moment, on the road to positive energy.

Wednesday started off in a cloudy fashion. I felt cloudy also. As in, not energized. You know the kind of feeling .. life is rolling along, full of positivity and energy. Open to new possibilities and learning. Then there is a blip. So I was in a blip. Hmmm. .. that could very well be a new adjective, couldn’t it? As in “it was a blip situation” …:)

So I went outside to experience some positive energy from our yard .. to take a few moments to watch the birds. Check out the ground, look for spring flowers .. that sort of thing. Pondered walking over to Swan Lake, to see the ducks and watch for the local eagles .. I’d really like to see them.

Decided it really was time to stay home, study, spend some time in reading through the materials on organic gardening. Not many classes left.

Brr .. chilly in the early morning. Rain starting to fall. I was determined to finally install the Lee Valley hanging saucer beneath one of the bird feeders. A green circle of about 1 1/2 feet in circumference, which would be attached to the bottom of the feeder. There was a cover for this saucer, which was full of holes for the bird seed to tumble into (instead of tumbling onto the ground!).

By the time I’d assembled (found!!!) my pliers, saucer, bird seed and was outside, a light rain was falling. My hands were numb with cold, but I was determined that I was finally going to assemble this saucer thing which I’d bought before Christmas!

Deciphered the instructions, arranged the chain and attached to one of the bird feeders – I’d lost all track of time so really don’t know how long it took me to do that. Anyway, as all gardeners know, time doesn’t exist in a garden 🙂

Finally, the bird feeder with the new saucer was placed carefully, hanging from a branch of the apple tree, freshly filled and awaiting the discovery of the birds. A sense of accomplishment was strongly felt. yeah.

And …. ta da .. there is a new addition to the village of bird feeders! I finally broke down and bought the Mark Cullen covered suet holder, it’s cute, made of cedar, with a sloped roof, underneath is the suet holder. It’s made specifically for the tiny members of birds .. the darling little Bush-tits, the Red-Breasted Nuthatches and the Chestnut-Backed Chickadees. Bigger birds (Junco’s, sparrows, European Starlings) kind of take over the other suet block. So this is special for them.

Wandered around the back, inspecting the branches of the dwarf apple tree that we’d planted a long time ago.

Looked up to the sky and wow .. there is one of the eagles flying around. I found it really amazing to be looking through the tight web of branches and actually see this magnificent eagle flying and .. I actually had my camera with me! So I quickly drew the camera from the case, clicked it on and took a few pictures. This camera doesn’t have an eyepiece, it has one of those little screens which doesn’t show clearly what you are looking at .. so it was really sheer luck that I was able to zero in and take some photos.

As the eagle flew in ever larger circles, I ran to the center of the yard and found it again .. and clicked away. So very grateful that I was outside at that moment in time, and looked upwards. An inspirational bit of time which filled me with joy at the sheer magnificent beauty of nature.

The eagle then changed direction, soaring effortlessly in another direction, lost to my sight.

Well, then. I was able to see the eagle and saved myself a few hours from walking to Swan Lake.

Time to go inside and get some studying done.

And you know what? Once I started going through my notes and the online lessons, I was transported away to the world of composting and the many lifeforms therein.